Rodney’s school continued to use the cane well after the passage of the act. As I understand its own statements a large proportion of the children there came from ‘army families’ , who would use the army subvention system. If the school caned ANY of these children they committed a prima facie offense with no defense in law, regardless of the views of the parents. I’m sure it must have happened.
Back to the Head, we are discussing. I suspect the only way he could ‘get away’ with his actions would have been to administer the slipperings in the homes of the parents when he would truly be acting on the parent’s instruction, and not as an agent or servant of the LEA.